Hop comparison
Keyworth Early Season vs Taiheke
Keyworth Early Season is a hop variety from United Kingdom; Taiheke is a dual-purpose hop from New Zealand. Alpha acids: 5.6–8.3% for Keyworth Early Season versus 6–8% for Taiheke, a similar bittering potential. Keyworth Early Season adds grapefruit, lemon; Taiheke, lime characters. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Keyworth Early Season | Taiheke | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Hop variety | Dual-purpose hop |
| Origin | United Kingdom | New Zealand |
| Year | – | 1972 |
| Breeder | Prof. Ernest Salmon en Wye College, Kent | USDA-ARS |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 5.6–8.3 | 6–8 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 3–3.5 | – |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 32–38 | – |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 1–1.8 | – |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 43 | – |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 23 | – |
| Aroma families | citrus | citrus, tropical fruit |
| Descriptors | grapefruit, lemon | lime characters |
| Sources | 2 | 1 |
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